Immigration Ethnic Diversity and Political Outcomes: Evidence from Denmark
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I study the impact of immigration and increasing ethnic diversity on political outcomes in immigrant-receiving countries, focusing on immigration and election outcomes in Danish municipalities 1981-2001. A rich set of control variables isolates ethnic diversity effects from those of other immigrant characteristics and a novel IV strategy based on historical housing stock data addresses issues of endogenous location choices of immigrants. Increases in local ethnic diversity lead to right-ward shifts in election outcomes by shifting electoral support away from traditional "big government" left-wing parties and towards anti-immigrant nationalist parties in particular. These effects appear in both local and national elections.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Scandinavian Journal of Economics |
Volume | 120 |
Issue number | 4 |
Pages (from-to) | 1043-1074 |
ISSN | 0347-0520 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Oct 2018 |
- Faculty of Social Sciences - Elections, voting, nationalism, refugees, size of the public sector, J11, H11, H23, Z13, D64
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